Two New Video’s of QuickLogic’s Sensor Hub

Hello, and thanks for visiting!  I wanted to share two new video’s from our YouTube site, showing two of the transportation contexts available in the ArcticLink 3 S1 Ultra-low Power Sensor Hub. The first is our “On Bike” context: And the second the “In Car” context: Questions? […]

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QuickLogic’s Environmental Responsibility

We spend most of our time here at HotSpots blogging about new products and technologies.  While that is all well and good, I wanted to step back from them and address a larger topic — our Environmental Responsibility. Let’s start with Conflict-free Minerals. The unique materials needed to produce certain types of semiconductor devices are […]

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5 Things for Mid-February

(1) Mobile World Congress is right around the corner…let us know if you’re going to be there! (2) With the incredible amount of sensor applications being discussed (for instance, these, this one, and these), it’s obvious that the algorithm requirements are going to continue to grow and diversify.  Given that, the idea of an ASIC-based […]

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From the “Request Line”, a Q&A on QuickLogic Device Voltages

Hello to our readers.  Hopefully you survived Black Friday with life and limbs intact, and thanks for visiting amongst the frantic Amazon.com Cyber Monday discount shopping (here’s a couple of gift idea: the VEE-enabled Galaxy Tab 3.0 or the iPico projector for iPhone). Through the ‘submit a question’ link to the right, we received a […]

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CES 2014

Believe it or not, it’s getting very close to the CES 2014 show in Las Vegas.    If you are planning on attending the show, please join QuickLogic for exclusive demonstrations, as well as an in-depth discussion on how we can address your mobile design challenges.  We’ll be showing a variety of technologies, including Android KitKat-compliant […]

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Couldn’t Have Said it Better Myself…

Kevin Morris of Electronic Engineering Journal published an article today that I think is probably the most accurate description of QuickLogic and our advantages that I have ever seen from a third party. Here is a brief snippet, followed by the link to the main article: “QuickLogic is still alive and thriving because they recognized […]

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Some “Context” on Sensor Definitions

With our exciting announcement today of our ArcticLink 3 S1 and PolarPro 3 solutions, I thought it would be proper to provide some terms that followers of QuickLogic will soon to be very accustomed to hearing from us in various places. With no further ado (and there will be a test, so pay attention)… Sensor […]

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ROTH Semiconductor 2013

A quick note to our readers that our CEO and President, Andy Pease, and CFO, Ralph Marimon, will be available for meetings at the ROTH Semiconductor Corporate Access Day, next Monday, September 9th, in San Francisco.  Information can be found in our press release here. As the PR notes, this is for institutional clients of […]

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The Inner Workings of a Digital Still Camera

A question from our “Submit a Question” section here on HotSpots: For the last three earnings calls, Andy has commented on the progress of a design win for the camera market. How does the display path of a high resolution camera differ from a smartphone with a camera? What is it exactly that needs to […]

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